How many calories in Christmas coffees from Caffe Nero and Pret?

We’re getting well into the swing of Christmas food and drink now as the major coffee chains continue to launch their festive menus. Glossing over the fact that it’s only the first week of November, we’re in for a treat this year with newbies including creme brûlée lattes, a millionaire’s latte plus more gingerbread-flavoured drinks you can shake a stick at.

How many calories in Christmas coffees from Caffe Nero, Pret, McDonald’s and Greggs?

Caffe Nero

If you prefer your cups to be blue rather than red, Caffe Nero have got you covered with their new festive offerings. Like Costa, Caffe Nero don’t publish nutritional info for these drinks made with non-dairy milks, but they offer soya, coconut and oat milk so if you want to cut the cals, ask for your drink with one of those (we’d go for coconut, oat milk is surprisingly high in calories when compared to other milks) and skip the whipped cream.

Belgian truffle hot chocolate

An indulgent hot chocolate with a decadent truffle sauce and steamed milk. Topped with whipped cream and dark chocolate chips. The grande size has 82g of sugar. EIGHTY-TWO. That’s over 20 teaspoons. I know these drinks aren’t exactly aimed at people conscious of their calorie and sugar intake, but I still had to doublecheck that. Eighty-two grams!

Pret a Manger

Pret are keeping their festive drinks simple this year, with four offerings on the menu. Nutritional information is given for regular drinks made with semi-skimmed milk as standard, but Pret is known for being one of the best places for vegan-friendly (and low cal!) milk alternatives, offering the usual soya milk as well as rice-coconut milk, so if you want to cut the cals, skip the whipped cream and ask for rice-coconut milk.

Creme brûlée latte

Another creme brûlée latte (the other’s at Starbucks, if you’re a creme brûlée fan) – the classic latte with creme brûlée flavouring, finished with whipped cream and a sprinkle of brown sugar.

Orange hot chocolate

McDonald’s

Ever had a McDonald’s coffee? If you haven’t, you should, as it’s surprisingly decent and not as expensive as other coffee shops. They’re getting in on the tinsel-adorned act again after their festive drinks proved popular last year.

These drinks launch on the 7th November and we’ll update the post with nutritional info as soon as it becomes available.

Millionaire’s latte

A latte with a caramel biscuit syrup, a swirl of chocolate cream and caramel drizzle – this sounds delicious, and is inspired by a millionaire’s shortbread. Obviously.

Greggs

After seeing success with their pumpkin spice latte for Halloween, Greggs are joining in too with their trio of festive drinks. The line up will be launching along with the rest of the Greggs Christmas menu on Thursday November 8th, and we’ll be updating the nutritional info when it’s available.

Salted caramel latte

A latte with salted caramel syrup

Mint mocha

A rich mocha with mint syrup

Mint hot chocolate

A mint twist on their regular hot chocolate with whipped cream and peppermint sprinkles.

We’ve also been told that Coffee #1, which has locations all over Wales and England, are launching their winter menu soon. They’re another good option for vegans and they tend to have a lot of milk alternatives on offer, so we might find some fairly low-cal treats there too. This post will be updated with their drinks once they’ve been confirmed.

We know they’re controversial and might not be your cup of tea (or mug of frothy milky coffee), but for those who love this kind of thing, we want to know if you’ll be indulging! Let us know over on the forum.